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Brave Little StateLake Champlain’s brush with ‘Great’-ness
There are five Great Lakes: Superior, Ontario, Michigan, Huron and Erie. But for a few fleeting weeks in the late 1990s, Lake Champlain made six.How did this happen? To answer that question from Erin Robbason of West Rutland, we pass the mic to our friends at Interlochen Public Radio and the podcast Point North for a story about Lake Champlain’s brief and controversial stint as the sixth Great Lake.Find the web version of this story here.This episode was reported and produced by Ruth Abramovitz and Dan Wanschura. It was ed...
2025-09-2524 min
Up From DustA sticky solution for microplastics(Jessica Cornelison / KCUR 89.3)Microplastics are everywhere. They’re in the air we breathe, the clothes we wear, even the food we eat. Scientists are still trying to understand what these tiny particles are doing to the environment and our bodies. But an accidental discovery at the University of Michigan in 2019 – involving baby diapers and rubber tires – has broken ground on an idea for how to get them out of our water. (This episode comes to us from the podcast Points North at Interlochen Public Radio.)This episode was produced by Michael Livingston, hosted by Dan Wanschura and edited...
2025-08-0419 min
IntroducedBonus Episode: Dirty Laundry, Invasive Species, and the Limitations of KnowledgeToday, we’re airing a bonus episode from Points North, a podcast about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes from Interlochen Public Radio.Invasive species often spread by hitching a ride on anglers, especially anglers who don’t clean their gear after fishing. Though this is widely known, research suggests many anglers still don’t clean, even though it protects the very thing they’re after – fish. So, can anything be done to change their minds? Hear about New Zealand Mudsnail in Michigan.Transcript available here.CreditsProducer / Host: Dan...
2025-01-1313 min
Points NorthThe Quest for KiyiSmall, silvery fish called kiyi used to roam the deep, cold waters of nearly every Great Lake. Remnant populations still exist in Lake Superior, and scientists are wondering: Can we find them? And bring them back to the other Great Lakes?
CREDITS:
Producer: Ellie Katz
Host: Dan Wanschura
Editor: Morgan Springer
Additional Editing: Dan Wanschura, Peter Payette, Michael Livingston
Music: Dozer as a Young Man, Cases to Rest, Cherie’s Polvo, The Crisper, Taoudella, by Blue Dot Sessions
Sound: Underwater_HullCreaking by OhNoBones, underwater ambience by akemov
For more stories from around the Great Lakes, visit our website at www.po...
2024-04-1211 min
All Classical Radio | On Deck with Young MusiciansOn Deck with Aria Morgan18-year old saxophonist Aria Morgan spent her first three years of high school at Portland’s Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School, then her senior year at the Interlochen Arts Academy. Now a freshman at USC’s Thornton School of Music, she speaks with Raul Gomez-Rojas about her love of music as well as the importance of activism in her life, saying “seeing musicians on stage that look like you is powerful.”
2023-04-0908 min
Sloppy Seconds with Big Dipper & MeatballInterlochen Pig (w/ Alexis Michelle)Big Dipper and Meatball are joined by Drag Race alum and theatre enthusiast, Alexis Michelle! She talks about the sage advice Morgan McMichaels gave her to “stand in her Patti Lupone,” what it was like to see Jinkx’s opening night on Broadway, and she reminisces with Meatball about their formative years at Interlochen. Also Alexis shares that she knows what a fart tastes like because, well...she’s a pig. Listen to Sloppy Seconds Ad-Free AND One Day Early on MOM PlusCall us with your sex stories at 213-5...
2023-02-031h 11